... Peculiar Elliptical Galaxy Centaurus A . ... Credit Copyright: Roberto Colombari Explanation: What's happened to the center of this galaxy? Unusual and dramatic dust lanes run across the center of elliptical galaxy Centaurus A . These dust lanes are so thick they almost completely obscure the galaxy's center in visible light . This is particularly unusual as Cen A 's red stars and round shape are characteristic of a giant elliptical galaxy, a galaxy type usually low in dark dust. ...